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Kadu Malleshwara Temple
Bengaluru, Karnataka · 13.0050°, 77.5715°
Shiva (as Mallikarjuna)MarathaDravidian
Sacred since
1669 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1669 (Maratha)
Maratha
History & significance
A 17th-century Shiva temple in the Malleshwaram district of Bengaluru, built in 1669 by Venkoji, step-brother of the Maratha king Shivaji, and giving the surrounding locality its name. Shivaratri draws thousands of worshippers from across the city.